cycle 081022
Least competent garbage taker-outer: age 74; trash gets stuck in chute; he reaches way down, waaaaaaay down, to dislodge it. The Columbian via Seattle Times
This Australian woman finally, after years of bewilderment, got a medical explanation for why, even after scrubdowns, she still smelled like rotten fish. Australian Associated Press via News.com.au
Once again: Why is it so damn easy for drivers to accidentally turn onto railroad tracks (and then so damn hard to get off once they're on)? (This guy drove on for a mile before getting stuck.) Metrowest Daily News (Framingham, Mass.)
German photographer Bernd Hagemann gets good ink 'n' pixels about his specialty: capturing the varieties of sleepers in China taking naps, in all places, on all surfaces (more than 600 so far). Daily Telegraph (London)
It's a commune on Haight Street in San Francisco so we know what must be going on there! (Wrong. They are the super-religious, passing the days in continuous prayer for divine intervention to pass Proposition 8, the state's man-woman marriage constitutional amendment.) Los Angeles Times
A Danish art collective has made a walking house (like, for protection against floods, where the house can just run for higher ground). Looks kinda like that thingy in Wild Wild West (1999). Has a toilet, kitchen, wood stove, more. The Sun (London)
Professor Music's Weird Link
Well, not a weird link today but a nice collection of those Jay Leno-type "headlines." You can waste some serious quality time here. criggo.wordpress.com
Today's Newsrangers: Scott Langill, Karl Olson, Candy Clouston, Jeff Leiboff
This Australian woman finally, after years of bewilderment, got a medical explanation for why, even after scrubdowns, she still smelled like rotten fish. Australian Associated Press via News.com.au
Once again: Why is it so damn easy for drivers to accidentally turn onto railroad tracks (and then so damn hard to get off once they're on)? (This guy drove on for a mile before getting stuck.) Metrowest Daily News (Framingham, Mass.)
German photographer Bernd Hagemann gets good ink 'n' pixels about his specialty: capturing the varieties of sleepers in China taking naps, in all places, on all surfaces (more than 600 so far). Daily Telegraph (London)
It's a commune on Haight Street in San Francisco so we know what must be going on there! (Wrong. They are the super-religious, passing the days in continuous prayer for divine intervention to pass Proposition 8, the state's man-woman marriage constitutional amendment.) Los Angeles Times
A Danish art collective has made a walking house (like, for protection against floods, where the house can just run for higher ground). Looks kinda like that thingy in Wild Wild West (1999). Has a toilet, kitchen, wood stove, more. The Sun (London)
Professor Music's Weird Link
Well, not a weird link today but a nice collection of those Jay Leno-type "headlines." You can waste some serious quality time here. criggo.wordpress.com
Today's Newsrangers: Scott Langill, Karl Olson, Candy Clouston, Jeff Leiboff
Comments
Garbage taker-outer "'He started to kick and flail, his pants fell down,' Flaherty said". Why, oh why, isn't there a video or photo of this???
Rotten fish "Part of doctors' examinations included 'being sniffed'". First off, I want to know WHERE exactly they sniffed. Second of all, we had a girl that smelled like fish in jr. high. But then her mom explained hygiene to her and bought her some Summer's Eve and she was fine.
Railroad tracks how is it that drunk drivers always survive these shenanigans?
Sleepers I for one can't sleep anywhere but in a bed, with mounds of covers, lots of pillows and no jammies.
Rotten fish "Part of doctors' examinations included 'being sniffed'". First off, I want to know WHERE exactly they sniffed. Second of all, we had a girl that smelled like fish in jr. high. But then her mom explained hygiene to her and bought her some Summer's Eve and she was fine.
Railroad tracks how is it that drunk drivers always survive these shenanigans?
Sleepers I for one can't sleep anywhere but in a bed, with mounds of covers, lots of pillows and no jammies.
Posted by KW in Dallas, TX on 10/22/08 at 12:46 PM
Didn't they have a walking house in the Simpsons at one point? Didn't it catch on fire while it was running for help? Why don't we ever learn?
Posted by kingmonkey in Athens, Ontario on 10/22/08 at 12:50 PM
garbage taker-outer: Somebody buy the old guy a freaking broom for him to use to dislodge crap...geesh.
rotten fish: The medical explanation - Quit working the streets of Chattanooga.
railroad tracks: How drunk do you have to be? Of course, with all the pot-holes on New Orleans' streets you'd probably never realize your were on RR tracks.
sleepers in China: He should come here. He could get a good pic of me napping at my desk after lunch.
Proposition 8: You know there's people praying for both sides of this. Looks like we'll get to see who god loves more depending on whose prayers get answered.
walking house: I think I've seen something like this in a cartoon once. If that's the case then somebody needs to start working on the Jetson car that folds up into a briefcase.
rotten fish: The medical explanation - Quit working the streets of Chattanooga.
railroad tracks: How drunk do you have to be? Of course, with all the pot-holes on New Orleans' streets you'd probably never realize your were on RR tracks.
sleepers in China: He should come here. He could get a good pic of me napping at my desk after lunch.
Proposition 8: You know there's people praying for both sides of this. Looks like we'll get to see who god loves more depending on whose prayers get answered.
walking house: I think I've seen something like this in a cartoon once. If that's the case then somebody needs to start working on the Jetson car that folds up into a briefcase.
Posted by Madd Maxx on 10/22/08 at 12:55 PM
walking house - How about a house-fly? Or maybe they can just make the porch-swing? Or maybe the house can be home-schooled about fire safety?
Posted by Madd Maxx on 10/22/08 at 02:36 PM
walking house - why not put wheels on it and then you can drive it away from danger. Oh, right, that already exists.
Posted by Caffeinated Katie in Atlanta, GA on 10/22/08 at 03:38 PM
Caffeinated Katie - Yeah, they have those already and they apparently can't outrun tornados.
Posted by Madd Maxx on 10/22/08 at 04:57 PM
no jammies We'll need further clarification and discussion on this head line.
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 10/23/08 at 12:51 AM
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